Documents / FOIA release
This Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Intelligence reference aid, ALA 83-10064, is dated June 1983. It lists major international and domestic events affecting Cuba between 1 January and 31 December 1982, arranged alphabetically by country, plus sections on the Nonaligned Movement and the Palestine Liberation Movement. Entries include Cuban troops in Angola, Cuban support for Argentina in the Falklands dispute, and trade and cooperation agreements with many nations. It does not discuss UFOs.
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1 n V l V r I > k Y~u—v-\,~v'- April 9 April 13 April 15 April 19 April 20 April 21 April 22 April 23 April 24 April 26 April 28 April 29 Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264 Confidential The Treasury Department announces that American Airways Charter, a Miami- based firm specializing in tourist flights to Cuba, is controlled by Cuba and has been barred from continued operations. Jesus Montane meets with Lao President Souphananouvong to discuss the international political situation, in particular US threats against Cuba, Nicaragua, Grenada, and El Salvador. Granma issues a statement signed by Fidel Castro and George Marchais urging an end to the arms race and withdrawal of the US from Guantanamo Naval Base. Cuban Olympic Committee President Manuel Gonzalez Guerra accuses the United States of boycotting various international sports events held in Cuba. Cuban Ambassador to Grenada Julian Torres Rizo accuses the US of using the construction of Grenada’s international airport as an excuse to sell arms to other countries. The US Treasury Department announces that effective 15 May US tourist and business travel to Cuba will be eliminated; only special travel requests, journalists and academics, will be allowed. State Department officials are reported as saying that the latest US economic actions against Cuba should not close the door to additional high-level diplomatic contacts between the two countries. Assistant Secretary of Defense Francis West indicates that the US is negotiating with Honduras for the use of air bases to counter the buildup of Cuba’s Air Force with Soviet aircraft. A US Administration report to Congress states that airfields under construction in Grenada and Nicaragua could enable Cuban MIG fighter planes to penetrate throughout Central America. ' Secretary of State Haig is quoted as saying that Fidel Castro is “anguishing” over the idea of shifting Cuba’s orientation away from Moscow and back to the West. Fidel Castro, in an interview with the monthly newsletter TransAfrica Forum, says he sees “possibilities” for an improvement in relations with the US and is “ready to work in that direction.” Havana Domestic Service charges that the US Govern- ment is continuing its anti-Cuban campaign and is now using the pretext of an al- leged Cuban threat to justify the sale of F-16s to Venezuela. At the opening of the Revolutionary Theory Conference in Havana, Jesus Montane says that Havana is seeking to improve relations with the US but not at the expense of revolutionary movements. Havana Domestic Service reports that the US naval maneuver, Ocean Venture 82, is beginning in the Caribbean Basin and will last until 16 May. At a meeting of sugar exporting countries in Managua, Cuban Foreign Trade Minister Cabrizas urges unity against divisive US policies. l 5 3 Confidential Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C05143264
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